Thursday, September 1, 2011

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James Webb Space Telescope Nearing Completion
Universe Today
by Jason Rhian on September 2, 2011 The James Webb Space Telescope, while nearing completion, is facing cancellation by Congress. Image Credit: NASA The James Webb Space Telescope or JWST has long been touted as the replacement for the Hubble Space ...
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San Francisco dog shelter running out of space
San Francisco Examiner
(Mike Koozmin/The Examiner) The City's dog shelter has filled to near-capacity, and officials worried about the health of the animals are slashing adoption fees and asking residents to hold onto strays they find in the streets until more space opens up ...
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San Francisco Examiner
Stilled restaurant space will turn again atop Oklahoma City's Founders Tower
NewsOK.com
The owners are turning the 20th floor, vacant since upscale restaurant Nikz at the Top closed in March 2007, into an event space called the Chandelle Room and have partnered with Deep Fork Group as full-service caterer, the condo tower's Tulsa-based ...
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OUR OPINION: Space station 200 miles away, but out of reach
Kennebec Journal
Even for those who aren't old enough to remember the early triumphs of the "space race," almost everyone now living has seen something produced by our explorations of the solar system and the universe beyond it to make them value the effort. ...
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Space junk report stresses dangers to satellites, spacecraft
USA Today
By Bart Jansen, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Space junk orbiting Earth, which has disabled satellites and nearly hit the International Space Station, represents a growing threat that NASA needs to deal with better, the National Research Council said in a ...
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Domino's Pizza Moon Plan is All Topping, No Base
Discovery News
I'm all for promoting space science in any way possible, particularly if it can grab headlines. But blatant publicity stunts with little substance? Not so much. Enter Domino's, the pizza company with "cosmic" aspirations. "We started thinking about ...
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Reports says space debris past 'tipping point,' NASA needs to step up action
Washington Post
NASA Orbital Debris Program Office/Johnson Space Center - LEFT - An image of Earth orbit and the region of space within 2000 km of the Earth's surface to show the most concentrated area for orbital debris. RIGHT- This image is generated from a distant ...
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Tribute officially ends space shuttle program
msnbc.com
A Navy honor guard accepts the flags for all five of NASA's shuttles: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour at Johnson Space Center's shuttle program celebration on Aug. 27. By Robert Z. Pearlman HOUSTON — NASA's space shuttle ...
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Space Junk Growing 'Increasingly Hazardous' to Astronauts, Spacecrafts
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Anyone who has watched an episode of Hoarders knows that having too much junk is never a good thing, but what happens when that junk is in space? You can't exactly throw it in a black trash bag and take it to the local dump. ...
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ORBITAL AWARDED $135 MILLION CONTRACT BY NASA FOR ICESAT-2 EARTH SCIENCE ...
Reuters (press release)
"Our selection by Goddard Space Flight Center to design, build and test the ICESat-2 spacecraft adds to our extensive and growing history of producing high-quality and reliable satellites for NASA's Earth and space science programs," said Mr. Mike ...
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Pfizer signs lease with MIT for research space
Boston Globe
The lease with MIT is for more than 180000 square feet of space. Construction on that building is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013. In February, Pfizer said that it was looking for a new site in the Boston area that would house a pair of ...
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Canadian Space Robot Makes Repairs on International Space Station
Forbes
Earlier this week, the Canadian "Space Handyman" robot, known as Dextre, successfully completed its first task aboard the International Space Station. Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's robotic handyman aboard the International Space Station (ISS), ...
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Ron Garan, homesick in space, sings the blues
Washington Post (blog)
From the International Space Station, where he is stationed, he tweets excited updates as @Astro_Ron and posts pictures of events on Earth on his blog Fragile Oasis. When a space toilet got backed up in July, it was Garan to the rescue. ...
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Orbital Plots Cygnus Route to Space Station Resupply, Hosted Payloads
TMC Net
By Doug Mohney, Contributing Editor Orbital Sciences (News - Alert) Corporation has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) commercial space license for the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration supply flight to the ...
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Space Junk Problem Is More Threatening Than Ever, Report Warns
Space.com
by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Senior Writer There is so much junk in space that collisions could start to increase exponentially, leading to a continuously growing pile of rubble in orbit, a new report warns. The independent report, released today ...
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Apollo 18: Could NASA Launch a Secret Moon Mission?
Fox News
The new film "Apollo 18" is like "The Blair Witch Project" of space travel flicks, couched as found footage shot by NASA astronauts during a secret mission to the moon in 1973. In the story, the astronauts encounter unfriendly lunar aliens, ...
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The Space Station: Will NASA Abandon Ship?
TIME
The word from the space agency last week was that the International Space Station (ISS), the American-led, $100-billion skyliner that has been continually occupied by astronauts for more than a decade, may have to be evacuated by early December if the ...
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Ofcom pushes UK to be first in white-space radio
ZDNet UK
White space, which exists in bands reserved for TV broadcasts, could be used for rural broadband and Wi-Fi with twice the range of existing technology, the UK wireless regulator said in a statement on Thursday. Lower speed, long-range ...
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Rokkan Named JetBlue's Digital Agency of Record
MarketWatch (press release)
"We're thrilled to be a part of JetBlue's story as they continue to grow and evolve as a leader in the space," stated John Noe, CEO of Rokkan. "JetBlue is one of the most approachable and innovative brands in the world. We look forward to helping them ...
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Hints From Heloise: Who parks in handicap spaces?
Washington Post
By Heloise, Dear Heloise: My husband and I encounter the misuse of handicap parking spaces. My husband is paraplegic but gets around well in his wheelchair and drives a converted van with a wheelchair ramp. We often find all of the "Van Accessible" ...
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The Postal Service has too much extra space, report says
Washington Post (blog)
Of that, about 67 million square feet — representing 24 percent of its real estate — is extra space it doesn't need, according a new report by the Postal Service Inspector General. Postal officials dispute the figure. Those levels exceed the national ...
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NASA reaches its outer limit
Los Angeles Times
The agency, seeing films and TV with space themes as a way to keep public interest in its programs, readily consults on Hollywood projects. But it has pulled back from 'Apollo 18.' Promotional material for "Apollo 18" suggests that it has found ...
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Space shuttle program officially ends
Florida Today
The removal, which took place last week, is part of ongoing transition and retirement work being done at Kennedy Space Center to prepare Atlantis and other retired orbiter for museum display. / Frankie Martin, NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA on Wednesday ...
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ESA Portal - Progress 44 accident and its consequences for Space ...
The six astronauts on the International Space Station are safe and continuing their normal work after the loss of their space-bound cargo craft on 24 August.
ESA Top News
See SOL: Exodus' space battles in gameplay video | Joystiq
By Justin McElroy
Now that we've got adventure games fairly well resuscitated (yes, we're taking all the credit) our next target is the space shooter. And no, we don't mean guys from different planets shooting at each other (that's already roughly 74 percent of the ...
Joystiq
David Bowie's "Space Oddity" Becomes a Children's Book :: Books ...
David Bowie's 1969 space rock classic "Space Oddity" has been illustrated as a children's book by artist Andrew Kolb. The images are set to the lyrics of the song, which details the story of Major Tom.
Paste Magazine
Skateboarder Magazine » Blog Archive » Time and Space: Neck ...
By Christian Senrud
Time and Space: Neck Face Part 4. 08.31.2011 // 0 Comments. Neckface is back with another installment of Time and Space on Vans Off The Wall TV. This episode has Neck walking us through a new exhibit of tweaked artwork with lynchings, ...
Skateboarder Magazine
Althouse: Honor my personal space bubble!
By annalthouse@gmail.com (Ann Althouse)
So... when you're standing there in your personal space bubble, and I decide to swiftly relocate my personal space bubble into the place currently occupied by your bubble, you need to move your bubble? I'm picturing something like bocce ball ...
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